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Hunminjeongeum, document describing an entirely new and native script for the Korean language.

Hunminjeongeum. Document describing an entirely new and native script for the Korean language. The script was created so that the common people illiterate in hanja could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language. It was announced in Volume 102 of the Annals of King Sejong, and its formal supposed publication date, October 9, 1446, is now Hangul Day in South Korea.
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Title: Hunminjeongeum, document describing an entirely new and native script for the Korean language.
Caption: Hunminjeongeum. Document describing an entirely new and native script for the Korean language. The script was created so that the common people illiterate in hanja could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language. It was announced in Volume 102 of the Annals of King Sejong, and its formal supposed publication date, October 9, 1446, is now Hangul Day in South Korea.
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Image size: 4333 × 4840 px | 60.0 MB
Print size: 36.7 × 41.0 cm | 1705.9 × 1905.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: -REGION • 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • 15TH • ANNALS • ASIA • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • HANGUL DAY • HANJA • HUNMINJEONGEUM • KING SEJONG • KOREA • KOREAN • NATIVE SCRIPT • PUBLICATION • SIGLO XV • SOUTH KOREA • XV CENTURY